Evil Genius 2

Evil Genius 2 fully leans into its retro spy-movie pastiche, James Bond style, but seen from the villain’s side. You play an evil genius building a secret lair under a paradise island, complete with corridors of deadly traps, evil research labs and a vault to protect from infiltrating agents. The tongue-in-cheek tone, with its eccentric minions and cartoonish super-agents, is a big part of the game’s charm.

Building a base that kills with style

The heart of the game is designing your lair: routing corridors that lead infiltrating agents straight into deadly traps, hiding the vault room behind several layers of security, balancing minion comfort against defensive efficiency. Every new room you unlock opens up new trap combinations, and designing a layout that’s both functional and sadistic delivers real creative satisfaction.

Running a crime empire out in the open

Alongside the base, you also manage operations up on the surface: heist missions, sabotage, propaganda, all while fending off law enforcement agents coming to investigate the island. It’s a clever blend of cutaway base management and map-level strategy, and it delivers on its promise of an action-movie villain simulator all the way through the campaign.